Mapping AsiaTown Cleveland : Race and Redevelopment in the Rust Belt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinney, Rebecca Jo.

Series:

Asian American History and Cultu Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian American neighborhoods--Ohio--Cleveland--History.

Asian American neighborhoods.

Asian Americans--Ohio--Cleveland--History.

Asian Americans.

Asian Americans--Ohio--Cleveland--Social conditions.

Community development--Ohio--Cleveland.

Community development.

AsiaTown (Cleveland, Ohio)--History.

AsiaTown (Cleveland, Ohio).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Cleveland's AsiaTown presents a unique opportunity to analyze the role of regional racial formation in the community development of an Asian American urban center in a midsize Rust Belt city, underscoring the contextual and mutable understanding of place"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

1. Mapping AsiaTown: Race, Space, and Placekeeping in the Urban Midwest

2. Wartime Resettlement to the "Arsenal of Democracy": Japanese American Neighbors and the Cleveland Color Line

3. The Provisions of Life: Restaurants, Grocery Stores, and the Anchors of Community Development

4. The Politics of Visibility: AsiaTown Advisory Committee as Organizing Hub

5. The Cleveland Asian Festival as Scenario: Performing and Unsettling Racial Scripts

Conclusion. Imagine AsiaTown: "We're Growing Home"

Notes

List of Interviews

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439924778

1439924775

OCLC:

1511110260